I think most kids regardless of age find joy in playing in the mud and getting dirty.  Lately, one of my favorite things to do is watch my son play in his "mud pit" in our back yard.  He digs, he creates, imagining everything from road construction to digging for dinosaur bones, and the joy he has doing it reminds me of the simple pleasures of my childhood doing similar things.

This series of photos "Mud Play is Fun Play" is all from one day.  One day where he played for hours in his mud pit; one day where his silliness and creativity was awe inspiring.  Not only did I enjoy creating these photos, but I just simply enjoyed watching him be completely silly and enjoy getting as dirty as possible.

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of creating senior photos for Chad.  A good family friend connected Chad and his family with me when they were disheartened by the senior photos they'd received from the school's senior photo photographer.  I was more than happy to help Chad and his family out by working with them to create some senior photos for them that they would be happy with.